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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1885
Page
3
Local tidbits from Thanksgiving week recount town chatter, shop bargains, new officers, marriages, illnesses and weather. Mentions Spigelmyer's and Kauffman stores, Dr. Kessler's Cough Medicine, Melhem Millheim news, church events, school notes, and a severe accident on Penn street with a broken leg.
Bellefonte resident N W Cronmiller visits the old town as residents discuss a new singing class with Philip Meyer slated as instructor. The Evangelical association starts a protracted meeting on North 2nd Street hoping for good outcomes. Heaters are installed in the Lutheran church basement while a lamp dispute at the church prompts caution. Dr D H Mingle and family depart for Illinois after a week with relatives.
Notices record multiple marriage intentions and ceremonies: Adam F. Harter to Minnie Hartman in Camden New Jersey. William J. Mauck to Annie R Hoover at Millheim. Simon Corman to Lydia Benner at Aaronsburg with Rev M L Deitzler officiating. names and locations listed.
Mrs Rebecca Yearick, wife of William Yearick, aged 46 years, T months and 27 days, died near Madisonburg Pennsylvania on the 8th of the month. Her passing is reported in local records as a decline following illness. The obituary lists her husband and presences in the community.
Schedule fragment shows departure and arrival times between Lewisburg Montandon Bellefonte Linden Hall Centre Hall Rising Spring Laurelton MillMont Mifflinburg and Lewisburg with various halts. It lists morning and evening departures and a note of additional Lewisburg to Montandon evening service and return. CHAS P PUGH general manager and agent signatures appear at end.
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